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authorArch Librarian <arch@canonical.com>2004-09-20 16:52:36 +0000
committerArch Librarian <arch@canonical.com>2004-09-20 16:52:36 +0000
commit079cc404f4f0f6aa0d916fa69b0eefab1571eb00 (patch)
treee3e05c0874afa205405f7bc7701a7076a52d8518 /doc
parent43252d15d3352fc3e7f94ee1de29a9a304ad78ed (diff)
Added the ability to disable immediate configuration
Author: jgg Date: 1999-01-31 04:25:35 GMT Added the ability to disable immediate configuration
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/apt.conf.5.yo7
-rw-r--r--doc/examples/apt.conf3
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.yo b/doc/apt.conf.5.yo
index 2eb2bbf45..1ee7a1d93 100644
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.yo
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.yo
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ dit(bf(Ignore-Hold))
Ignore Held packages; This global options causes the problem resolver to
ignore held packages in its decision making.
+dit(bf(Immedate-Configure))
+Disable Immedate Configuration; This dangerous option disables some
+of APT's ordering code to cause it to make fewer dpkg calls. Doing
+so may be necessary on some extremely slow single user systems but
+is very dangerous and may cause package install scripts to fail or worse.
+Use at your own risk.
+
dit(bf(Get))
The Get subsection controls the bf(apt-get(8)) tool, please see its
documentation for more information about the options here.
diff --git a/doc/examples/apt.conf b/doc/examples/apt.conf
index 68b896e42..f83594bb5 100644
--- a/doc/examples/apt.conf
+++ b/doc/examples/apt.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// $Id: apt.conf,v 1.20 1999/01/30 08:08:54 jgg Exp $
+// $Id: apt.conf,v 1.21 1999/01/31 04:25:35 jgg Exp $
/* This file is an index of all APT configuration directives. It should
NOT actually be used as a real config file, though it is a completely
valid file.
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ APT {
// Some general options
Ingore-Hold "false";
+ Immedate-Configure "true"; // DO NOT turn this off, see the man page
};
// Options for the downloading routines